Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has 4 Wobbly GOP Senators?

Today Wisconsin Democrats started “recall” action against Republican state senators. Worse a newly released Rasmussen…yes, Rasmussen, poll seems to be dreadful. Republicans are showing strong support for Walker, Independents are not. The question is, how many votes from the GOP side can Walker lose and still pass his budget repair bill? The answer is three. Four are believed to be in the wobbly stage. First thing to remember is, maybe it’s not true. Maybe it’s a rumor to smack us, depress us, demoralize us.

One, Dale Schultz, has been pushing to make the bill a temporary two-year fix and pointedly didn’t attend the GOP “unity” rally a few days ago, so he’s already a lost cause. But the other 18 senators did attend, which makes me think we’re well past the point of no return here. Besides, what would they gain by caving? It would enrage Republicans, energize Democrats, and encourage unions. Maybe the recall petitions against them would be dropped, but even that’s not guaranteed: When asked about it a few days ago, the head of the Wisconsin Democratic Party refused to promise that they’d end the recall effort in exchange for killing the bill.

Worst of all, to cave now would be to appease the obstructionist fleebagging Democrats for delaying the vote. There’s no doubt the bill would have passed weeks ago had they not skipped town; to switch now would be to reward them for doing so..

So if the worry is the recall, pass the word that the Progressives will likely carry forward with the recall anyway. They have no shame, morals or principles. If it happens it happens, so take care of business while you have the opportunity.

In order to recall Wirch or any other state senator who has been in office more than a year, petitioners must collect signatures equal to 25 percent of the votes cast for governor in that particular senate district. For Wirch’s to face recall opponents would need approximately 15,000 signatures.

With Republicans talking like this — “look at what a 7 percent (corporate income tax) would do instead of 6 percent”— Michigan voters may as well have elected Democrats to run the state Senate.

That remark comes from Sen. Jim Marleau of Lake Orion, who is among a growing caucus of Republican senators who are buckling under pressure from seniors and other special interests opposed to Gov. Rick Snyder’s transformational budget proposal. Marleau is suggesting that businesses, which are now overtaxed in Michigan, pay more than Snyder suggests so that pensioners, who aren’t taxed at all if they worked in the public sector and barely taxed if they worked in the private sector, can keep their inequitable status.

Wisconsin’s Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch was on Greta’s On The Record a few minutes ago and said the 1500 “at risk” job notices will be going out soon. No matter what happens, Governor Scott Walker can still send those pink slips, and I believe he has the cojones to do it. When reality bites, it won’t be pleasant. Jobs will be lost, but would have been saved had the 14 Democrats showed up for work. The budget repair will have likely done some repairing. That will be a strong position at election time. Read the Rasmussen report referred to above here, and follow the big discussion on wobbly GOPers going on at Memorandum.

Take heart. Many in Wisconsin, including me, signed recall petitions to remove 8 of the 14 Dems eligible to be removed from office through this process. More are signing every day. Don’t get discouraged by some of the news from Wisconsin. It will be a long battle. There will be many ups and downs. The key is to continue the pursuit. Stand on principle.

The recall effort is only one item. Conservatives in Wisconsin are in this for the long haul. This is not a single issue campaign. The wave is growing. Stay tuned. There will be many battles on many issues.

Kristina

You aren’t eligible to sign a recall petition for 8 of the 14 democrats. You are only eligible to sign a recall petition for the senator who represents your district, and then only if he or she has served a year in office already. So the max you are allowed to sign is one. You really signed 8?